About This Print
This bijin kuchi-e with its characteristic tri-fold, resulting from its insertion into a popular culture magazine (taishū zasshi), either illustrated a story or served as a frontispiece.
About Taishō-Era Bijinga Kuchi-e
Kendall Brown identifies the "golden age" of bijin kuchi-e, illustrations of beautiful women appearing in Taisho-era popular magazines, as the period between 1914 and 1921, with the genre continuing into the 1930s.
For more information on this genre and popular magazines of the period see the article Bijin Kuchi-e and Taisho-Era Popular Magazines on this website.
Kendall Brown identifies the "golden age" of bijin kuchi-e, illustrations of beautiful women appearing in Taisho-era popular magazines, as the period between 1914 and 1921, with the genre continuing into the 1930s.
For more information on this genre and popular magazines of the period see the article Bijin Kuchi-e and Taisho-Era Popular Magazines on this website.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1629 |
| Title or Description | Two women with teapot and books (untitled) |
| Magazine | unknown |
| Artist | Noguchi Kōgai (c. 1899-1930s) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | with 紅 Kō seal (see above) |
| Publication Date | c. 1920-early 1930s |
| Edition | |
| Publisher | unknown |
| Printer | unknown |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - two horizontal folds as inserted in magazine or book |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | bijin kuchi-e |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 12 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (31.8 x 17.1 cm) |
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| Reference Literature |
10/8/2020
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